Japan: New releases boost weekly 3DS sales

Strong 3DS software sales helped Nintendo’s handheld increase its lead over rival platforms in Japan during the week ended February 19.

Dating sim New Love Plus, which launched on Valentine’s Day, sold just shy of 105,000 copies to take the top spot, while fellow 3DS titleTheatrhythm Final Fantasy debuted at number three with 67,206 sales. Sandwiched between them was the PS3 version of Binary Domain, which shifted 73,683 copies.

The only other new release to make the top ten was Samurai Warriors 3Z Special for PSP, which entered at number seven with 17,125 sales. 3DS games took six of the top ten chart spots and ten of the top 20, Andriasang reports.

3DS, PS2 and DSi were the only platforms to see a rise in weekly sales. Nintendo’s portable moved 94,667 units versus the previous week’s 67,558, pushing lifetime sales beyond the five million mark in record time, as reported earlier this week.

PS3 placed second with 21,993 sales and PSP third with 14,824, while Vita recorded its lowest weekly total yet. Since its December release, Vita sales have come in at 324,859 units, 72,479, 42,648, 42,915, 18,361, 15,219, 18,942, 17,141, 13,939 and now 12,309.

01. New Love Plus (Konami)
02. Binary Domain (Sega)
03. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (Square Enix)
04. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
05. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
06. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom)
07. Samurai Warriors 3 Z Special (Tecmo Koei)
08. Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom)
09. Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen No Toki (Konami)
10. Gravity Rush (Sony)

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